Mail Coaches Changing Horses at a New England Tavern, 1855
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This wood engraving depicts a typical mid-19th-century travel scene. Traveling by stagecoach meant being jostled on rough country roads and stopping every few hours to change horses. Travelers squeezed into coaches and roadside inns with strangers.
This wood engraving depicts a typical mid-19th-century travel scene. Traveling by stagecoach meant being jostled on rough country roads and stopping every few hours to change horses. Travelers squeezed into coaches and roadside inns with strangers.
Artifact
Print (Visual work)
Subject Date
1855
Place of Creation
Keywords
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
82.129.1559
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Engraving (Printing process)
Dimensions
Height: 5.5 in
Width: 10.75 in
Inscriptions
Printed below image: MAIL-COACH CHANGING HORSES
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